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Maryann Cholico period.3 Containment DBQ essay From 1945 to 1991 the United States and the Soviet Union were at odds with each other. This was called the Cold War, although no actual physical war was fought between the two many believed one would erupt at any moment. The main reason for this tension was because the soviets were communist. Communism is an economic…

with Andrew Carnegie using scab African American labor to crush the largest craft union, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. In 1919 steel workers fought U.S. Steel and the movement was labeled a “Red Scare,” unleashing an anti-Bolshevik and anti-radical hysteria. In Europe and in India, pro-labor social democratic governments and public ownership of many steel mills protected workers, while in South Korea unions were either banned or co-opted by the government-controlled…

February of 1917, the Autocracy that was ruling Russia was overthrown and a provisional government was put in its place. The Second revolution happened in October 1917, the provisional government was overthrown and dismantled by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). After much violent inner conflict within the new ruling government it was finally decided in 1922 that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) would be in control of Russia (Dewdney). The…

When I was in elementary school, I despised reading. I was also an absolutely terrible writer. I was so bad that I had to go to extra reading practice three times a week in a small, claustrophobic room with four other similarly challenged students. Sitting among my stacks of books with a personality molded by the stories I've lived through and information I've learned, I'm amazed at how far I've come during the past years. I can attribute this change to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.…

many like Joseph Stalin have altered society’s way of life by gaining too much power, causing fear, and killing for their own gain. Stalin’s rise to immense power started in his lower thirties. That was when he took a leading position in the Bolshevik Party, which soon took control of Russia. The Soviet Union was quickly formed, and when the first leader of this new country, Vladimir Lenin, became ill, Stalin was quick to step up and obtain more power (Workers Liberty). After Lenin died in…

The ‘Stab in the Back’- or Die Dolchstoßlegende- was a notion that was attributed to Germany’s defeat in World War 1. This notion, also regarded as a myth and legend, implied that Germany did not truly lose World War 1, but rather it was betrayed by domestic enemies. The notion focused in on the civilians within Germany’s own borders and was popular among Germany’s right- wing nationalists in Weimar Germany immediately after the First World War. These right- wing Germans thought of these…

into a circular path around the Earth. In mid-1955, the United States announced that it would launch the first satellite to commemorate the International Geophysical Year in 1957. The Soviet Union realized that 1957 was the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.” (Sputnik 1) Soviets eventually built a large satellite with a mass of 3,000 that would be the first to orbit earth Transition: Now I will talk about Sputnik I before and during the launching. Before the launching, America was…

Communism: A History written by Richard Pipes was published by Random House LLC on November 6, 2001. It has 175 pages with 157 pages of actual reading on communism, excluding the preface. Pipes is a Jewish Polish-American, that specializes in Russian history, his work is most prominent in the Soviet Union. He was educated at Muskingum College, Cornell University, and Harvard University. He began teaching at Harvard University in 1958, retiring in 1996. Within this time he was the director of…

November 1894 to 15th March 1917). His reign saw the dramatic fall of the imperial Russian empire. After the Febuary revolution of 1917 Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne. In 1918, Nicholas and his family were tragically executed by the Bolsheviks. The dramatic downfall of Tsar Nicholas was the ended the Romanov dynasty in Russia. It ended autocracy as a political system in Russia and lead to the creation of the Soviet Union which went on to spark major tensions with the world in the…

Society is hugely impacted by the poverty of its people. Throughout history, societies have attempted to fix or have ignored the pressing issue of poverty. However, it is this poverty that has destroyed governments, for individuals who feel helpless, will eventually rise up in protest. This is particularly evidenced in the monarchies of the 19th century. Such monarchies are disliked by the citizens within their country due to their inactivity and apathy. Every person contributes to…